Note: Due to
inconsistencies in how the data for the various grants are entered from
foundation to foundation and within the same foundation , there might be
other fishing-related grants that weren't captured here.

I suggest that you
familiarize yourself with the data - the search pages for the foundations are
linked below - let me know if you discover any discrepancies.

To promote improved
management of North Pacific/Bering Sea commercial fish populations through
effective implementation of the federal Sustainable Fisheries Act.

2

Pew

2006

Alaska Marine Conservation Council

$100,000

To support the activities
of Dorothy Childers as set forth in the grantees proposal.

3

Pew

2006

Alaska Marine Conservation Council

$50,000

To support efforts to
mitigate habitat destruction, prevent expansion of industrial fishing into
previously unfished areas, and advance an ecosystem-based fisheries
management blueprint for the Beaufort, Chukchi and Eastern Bering Sea Large
Marine Ecosystems.

4

Pew

1998

American Fisheries Society

$75,000

To identify North
American stocks of marine fish at risk.

5

Pew

1998

American Littoral Society

$50,000

For a campaign to promote
sustainable fisheries management policies for U.S. Caribbean marine
fisheries.

6

Pew

1998

American Littoral Society

$187,000

In continued support for
design and implementation of strategic initiatives in marine fisheries
conservation.

7

Pew

1999

American Littoral Society

$100,000

For continued support of
a public education effort to promote sustainable management policies for
U.S.-Caribbean marine fisheries.

8

Pew

2001

American Littoral Society

$150,000

To promote sustainable
management of marine fish populations in the southeastern United States and
the Caribbean Sea through public education and administrative advocacy.

9

Pew

2002

American Littoral Society

$331,000

To reverse the decline
of U.S. fish stocks through effective and strategic conservation advocacy
that promotes the adoption of improved fishery management plans by regional
councils and the National Marine Fisheries Service.

To support state and
regional efforts to secure fishery policies to minimize the unsustainable
killing of marine life and protect sensitive habitat.

15

Pew

2006

American Littoral Society

$250,000

To ensure a
conservation-oriented implementation of the new Northwest Hawaiian Islands
Marine National Monument.

16

Pew

2001

American Rivers, Inc.

$500,000

To support the
Hydropower Reform Coalitions work to restore river habitat critical to the
health of anadromous and fresh water fish populations through reform of
hydropower dam operations and management.

17

Pew

2008

Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition

$300,500

To help manage organizers
for the Trusts Antarctic Krill Conservation Project in key countries.

18

Pew

2008

Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition

$240,000

To continue to help The
Pew Charitable Trusts manage organizers for Pews Antarctic Krill Conservation
Project in key countries.

19

Pew

2004

Aquatic Farms, Ltd.

$142,000

To assess the amount of
competition between catch of small forage fish for direct human consumption
and for reduction into fishmeal and fish oil for use as aquaculture and
agriculture feed.

20

Pew

2000

Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc.

$150,000

To conduct a study to
determine the effectiveness of marine-protected areas and no-take zones in
Bermuda as a model for other coral reef systems.

21

Pew

2002

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

$163,000

To undertake a
comprehensive analysis of the management council structure and recommend
changes based on that analysis

22

Pew

2004

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

$107,000

To develop a computer
simulation tool that can predict where, and in what concentrations, the
dissolved waste from aquaculture fish pens will move in the marine
environment.

23

Pew

2008

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

$150,000

To support the activities
of Fiorenza Micheli

24

Pew

1999

Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermens Association

$100,000

For support of the
Fisheries Reform Campaign: Fishermen Paving the Road to Ecosystem Management.

25

Pew

2001

Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermens Association

$150,000

To promote sustainable
management of marine fish populations in New England through public education
and administrative advocacy.

26

Pew

2007

Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermens Association

$596,000

To support a New England
forage fish campaign to ban or severely restrict destructive trawling, reduce
allowable herring catches to leave sufficient herring in the ecosystem as
forage, and establish new bycatch limits and reforms

27

Pew

2008

Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermens Association

$722,000

To support activities to
reform the Atlantic herring fishery by (1) establishing protocols to set
science-based fishery catch limits that specifically account for the changing
needs of marine predators; (2) implementing a comprehensive monitoring and
observer program that measures all catch, bycatch, and discards in a
real-time manner; and (3) implementing improved time and area conservation
and management measures to regulate when and where herring trawling is
allowed.

To promote sustainable
management policies for South Atlantic marine fisheries.

36

Pew

2000

Center for Marine Conservation

$70,000

To reverse the decline
of U.S. Southeast Atlantic fish populations by reducing overfishing and
bycatch, and the destruction of essential marine habitat.

37

Pew

2000

Center for Marine Conservation

$60,000

To reverse the decline
of U.S. Mid-Atlantic fish populations by reducing overfishing and bycatch,
and the destruction of essential marine habitat.

38

Pew

2000

Center for Marine Conservation

$80,000

To reverse the decline
of U.S. Pacific fish populations by reducing overfishing and bycatch, and the
destruction of essential marine habitat.

39

Pew

2000

Center for Marine Conservation

$80,000

To reverse the decline
of U.S. Gulf of Mexico fish populations by reducing overfishing and bycatch,
and the destruction of essential marine habitat.

40

Pew

2007

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

$250,000

To support
ecosystem-based fisheries management policy reforms in Chesapeake Bay.

41

Pew

2008

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization

$150,000

To support the activities
of Beth Fulton

42

Pew

1998

Conservation Law Foundation, Inc.

$125,000

To promote sustainable
management policies

43

Pew

1999

Conservation Law Foundation, Inc.

$125,000

To renew support for
efforts to promote sustainable management policies for New England marine
fisheries as part of the Regional Fisheries Initiative.

44

Pew

2000

Conservation Law Foundation, Inc.

$206,000

To support the planning
and design of a public education campaign to establish marine-protected areas
in the Gulf of Maine.

45

Pew

2000

Conservation Law Foundation, Inc.

$200,000

To promote sustainable
management policies for New England marine fisheries

46

Pew

2002

Conservation Law Foundation, Inc.

$100,000

To build public support
for the designation of marine protected areas in the Gulf of Maine.

47

Pew

1998

Conservation Law
Foundation, Inc.

$125,000

To promote sustainable
management policies.

48

Pew

1998

Conservation Law
Foundation, Inc.

$30,000

To promote responsible
herring management.

49

Pew

1998

Conservation Law
Foundation, Inc.

$200,000

To restore habitat in the
Gulf of Maine.

50

Pew

2002

Conservation Law
Foundation, Inc.

$200,000

To improve fish stock and
protect the habitat areas essential to fish development in New England.

51

Pew

2006

Conservation Science Institute

$50,000

To support the activities
of Thomas Okey as set forth in the grantees proposal.

52

Pew

1998

Consultative Group on Biological Diversity

$60,000

For continued support to
create partnerships among foundations and nonprofits to strategically address
the loss of biodiversity.

53

Pew

2000

Consultative Group on Biological Diversity

$60,000

For continued support to
create partnerships among foundations and other nonprofits to strategically
address the loss of biodiversity.

54

Pew

2002

Consultative Group on Biological Diversity

$70,000

For continued support to
create partnerships among foundations and other nonprofits to strategically
address the loss of biodiversity.

55

Pew

2004

Consultative Group on Biological Diversity

$70,000

To create and promote
collaboration and cooperation among foundations and other nonprofits to
strategically address the loss of biodiversity.

56

Pew

2006

Consultative Group on Biological Diversity

$70,000

To provide general
operating support.

57

Pew

2008

Consultative Group on Biological Diversity

$70,000

To provide general
operating support.

58

Pew

2010

Consultative Group on Biological Diversity

$70,000

To provide general
operating support.

59

Pew

2004

Dalhousie University

$398,000

To document how the
abundance and distribution of marine species have changed in response to
fishing and habitat alteration over the past 50 to 100 years, and to predict
how they are likely to change in the future.

60

Pew

2004

Dalhousie University

$100,000

To assess the magnitude
of shark declines in the Mediterranean over the past two centuries, and to
evaluate the status of current populations and the ecological consequences of
the loss of Mediterranean shark predators.

61

Pew

2004

Dalhousie University

$125,000

To evaluate and compare
the environmental impacts and management systems of American lobster
fisheries in Maine and Nova Scotia, Canada, to determine the most economical
and ecologically sound methods for catching lobster

62

Pew

2004

Dalhousie University Foundation, Inc.

$252,000

The Lenfest Marine
Extinction Project will quantify and map, on a global scale, past and
prospective marine extinctions.

63

Pew

2004

Dalhousie University Foundation, Inc.

$80,000

To reconstruct
historical baselines for coastal fisheries and their supporting ecosystems in
the United States. This research will provide a basic reference point to
determine meaningful management and conservation goals, and inform the public
and policy maker perceptions of the current state of the coastal ocean.

64

Pew

2004

Dalhousie University Foundation, Inc.

$160,000

To examine the global
implications on marine ecosystems of the loss of top predators due to
overfishing.

65

Pew

2004

Drexel University

$563,000

To determine the
relationship between Pacific leatherback sea turtle migrations and
oceanographic conditions and to assess the geographic overlap with commercial
fisheries in order to provide conservation recommendations.

66

Pew

2000

Duke University

$1,215,000

To conduct a
comprehensive study of the ecological impacts of the worldwide pelagic
longline industry.

67

Pew

2006

Duke University

$50,000

To support the activities
of K. David Hyrenbach as set forth in the grantees proposal.

68

Pew

2008

Duke University

$124,000

To evaluate whether
pelagic longline fishing at seamounts results in higher catch levels of
target and protected species relative to fishing at non-seamount locations.

69

Pew

2008

Duke University

$50,000

To support the activities
of K. David Hyrenbach as set forth in the grantees proposal.

70

Pew

2008

Duke University

$54,000

To develop a scientific
method for evaluating the cumulative impacts of marine fisheries on sea
turtles and for establishing science-based sustainable catch limits under the
Endangered Species Act.

71

Pew

1998

Earthjustice

$1,475,000

To launch the Ocean Law
Project, a coordinated legal effort to restore marine ecosystems and
fisheries.

72

Pew

1998

Earthjustice

$269,000

To implement the Ocean
Law Project in the Mid-Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific and Western Pacific
regions.

73

Pew

1998

Earthjustice

$800,000

For public education on
national forest protection issues.

74

Pew

2000

Earthjustice

$1,233,000

For continued support of
the Ocean Law Project, a coordinated effort to restore marine ecosystems and
fisheries.

75

Pew

2000

Earthjustice

$300,000

A final grant to support
the Forest Service Timber Budget Reform Campaign.

76

Pew

2007

Earthjustice

$213,000

To reform New Englands
groundfish fishery through adoption of new fishery management plan
amendments, supported by strong new national regulations, that implement
science-based annual catch limits, a new catch monitoring program, and
accountability measures that end overfishing.

77

Pew

2008

Earthjustice

$212,000

To reform New Englands
Atlantic herring fishery through adoption of a new fishery management plan
amendment, supported by strong new national regulations, that implement
science-based catch limits, a strong monitoring program, and related
ecosystem-based fisheries reforms that help protect the forage base for ocean
predators.

78

Pew

2002

Earthjustice - American Wilderness Campaign

$5,500,000

To support the American
Wilderness Campaign, to coordinate and support public education initiatives
to enhance wilderness protection efforts in five states.

79

Pew

2004

Earthjustice
- Campaign for Americas Wilderness

$3,250,000

To support the Campaign
for Americas Wilderness and coordinate and encourage public-education
initiatives to enhance state-based wilderness protection efforts.

80

Pew

2000

Earthjustice -
Pew Wilderness Center

$5,520,000

To establish a center
that will coordinate and support a public education initiative to enhance
wilderness protection efforts by the U.S. conservation community.

81

Pew

2001

Earthjustice -
Pew Wilderness Center

$4,668,000

For The Campaign for
Americas Wilderness, to coordinate and support a public education initiative
to enhance wilderness protection efforts by the U.S. conservation community.

82

Pew

2004

Ecotrust

$538,000

To conduct a
quantitative full life cycle analysis of the environmental and socioeconomic
impacts associated with salmon fisheries and aquaculture in the Northeast
Pacific Ocean.

83

Pew

1999

Environmental Defense, Inc.

$2,100,000

For continuation of the
Alliance for Environmental Innovation.

84

Pew

2003

Environmental Defense, Inc.

$300,000

For general operating
support

85

Pew

2004

Environmental Defense, Inc.

$250,000

For general operating
support.

86

Pew

2004

Environmental Working Group

$175,000

To quantify the amount
of government subsidies given to the U.S. fishing industry on a regional
level, and evaluate their contribution to overfishing, habitat disruption and
conservation.

87

Pew

2004

Florida State University Research Foundation

$23,000

Assess the impact of
charter boats and other for-hire recreational fishing methods on fish
species, especially those that are overfished or in decline.

88

Pew

2008

Florida State University Research Foundation

$150,000

To support the activities
of Daniel Conley

89

Pew

2002

Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc., The

$240,000

To assess the impact of
recreational fishing on marine stocks of economic importance in the United
States.

90

Pew

2001

Friends of the Earth

$300,000

In support of Fish for
the Future, a public education campaign on Individual Fishing Quotas.

91

Pew

2001

Gulf Restoration Network

$160,000

For a public education
campaign to promote stronger fisheries management reform on overfishing,
bycatch and habitat destruction in the Gulf of Mexico.

92

Pew

2006

Gulf Restoration Network

$210,000

To support efforts to
stop overfishing, secure conservation-based limits on unintended bycatch of
marine life, and to conduct research and prepare a report on management
reforms needed in the Gulf of Mexico menhaden fishery to reduce harvests to
protect the forage needs of menhaden predators and reduce bycatch of sharks
and marine mammals.

93

Pew

1999

Hawaii Audubon Society

$120,000

For continued support of
a public education effort to promote sustainable management policies for U.S.
Western Pacific marine fisheries.

94

Pew

2006

Hawaii Audubon Society

$60,000

To continue to expand
the marine conservation and education effort begun in 1998, which is
dedicated to advancing and implementing policies that protect and restore
living marine resources and habitat in Hawaii and the Central Pacific.

95

Pew

1998

Hawaii Audubon Society

$50,000

For support of Hawaii
Audubon Societys Western Pacific Fisheries Coalition, designed to address
fisheries conservation reform in Hawaii.

96

Pew

1999

Hawaii Audubon Society

$120,000

For continued support of
a public education effort to promote sustainable management policies for U.S.
Western Pacific marine fisheries.

97

Pew

2001

Hawaii Audubon Society

$150,000

To promote sustainable
management of marine fish populations in Hawaii and the Western Pacific
through public education and administrative advocacy.

98

Pew

2000

Marine Conservation Biology Institute

$110,000

For support of the Second
Symposium on Marine Conservation Biology.

99

Pew

2000

Marine Conservation Biology Institute

$110,000

For support of the Second
Symposium on Marine Conservation Biology.

100

Pew

2004

Marine Conservation Biology Institute

$327,000

To conduct a
comprehensive examination of deep-sea fish species and fisheries to determine
whether deep-sea fishing is ecologically sustainable.

101

Pew

2006

Marine Conservation Biology Institute

$50,000

To support the activities
of Hiroyuki Matsuda.

102

Pew

2000

Marine Fish Conservation Network

$150,000

For support of a public
education effort to reform the nations fishery management system.

103

Pew

2006

Marine Fish Conservation Network

$600,000

To defend existing
fisheries conservation policies and to advance a key recommendation of the
Pew Oceans Commission through public education, policy analysis and strategic
communications.

104

Pew

2006

Marine Fish Conservation Network

$305,000

To defend existing
fisheries conservation policies and advance key recommendations of the Pew
Oceans Commission through public education, policy analysis and strategic
communications.

105

Pew

2006

Marine Fish Conservation Network

$600,000

To defend existing
fisheries conservation policies and to advance a key recommendation of the
Pew Oceans Commission through public education, policy analysis and strategic
communications.

106

Pew

2007

Marine Fish Conservation Network

$350,000

To advocate for an end
to domestic overfishing through effective implementation of the new
Magnuson-Stevens Act and advance key ecosystem-based fisheries management
recommendations of the Pew Oceans Commission through public education, policy
analysis and strategic communications.

107

Pew

2008

Marine Fish Conservation Network

$400,000

To advocate for an end
to domestic overfishing through effective implementation of the revised
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, to defend existing
federal fisheries conservation policies, and to advance recommendations of
the Pew Oceans Commission by promoting a national ocean policy and
ecosystem-based fishery management system through public education, policy
analysis and strategic communications.

108

Pew

2002

Marine Fish Conservation Network - American Littoral Society

$539,000

To expand the
participation of conservation-minded fishermen in the deliberations of
regional fishery management councils and in public education efforts within
their own communities.

109

Pew

2004

Marine Fish Conservation Network - American Littoral Society

$280,000

To enhance
national-level policy analysis, communication and education on the need to
reform federal fisheries policies.

To evaluate the
effectiveness of fisheries enforcement in the United States and identify
options for improving the system.

113

Pew

2002

Miami, University of

$795,194

To continue support for
the Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation.

114

Pew

2003

Miami, University of

$2,923,000

To establish the Pew
Institute for Ocean Science for the purpose of advancing scientific research
and understanding of the problems affecting the sea, managing the Pew Fellows
Program, and educating the public and policymakers on the impact that fishing
and other human activities are having on the marine environment.

115

Pew

2004

Miami, University of

$479,000

To advance
ecosystem-based fishery management by evaluating the status of understudied
fish and other marine species in several regions of the United States that
are impacted by the commercial fishing industry.

116

Pew

2004

Miami, University of

$3,000,000

To support the Pew
Institute for Ocean Science.

117

Pew

2005

Miami, University of

$3,240,000

To support the Pew
Institute for Ocean Science.

118

Pew

2006

Miami, University of

$25,000

The preservation of
marine ecosystems through the work of The Pew Institute for Ocean Science,
housed at the University of Miami.

119

Pew

2007

Miami, University of

$3,000,000

To support the Pew
Institute for Ocean Science.

120

Pew

2008

Miami, University of

$150,000

To support the activities
of Andrew Baker.

121

Pew

2008

Miami, University of

$150,000

To predict how coral
reefs around the world will respond to warming temperatures and determine
which reefs have the best chance of escaping severe climate change impacts

122

Pew

2004

MRAG Americas

$312,000

To develop and compare a
set of modeling approaches to help make ecosystem-based fisheries management
practical to implement in the United States.

123

Pew

2004

MRAG Americas

$183,000

To review the rebuilding
efforts of United States federally managed fisheries and evaluate what is
working, what isnt working and what needs to be changed for more effective
rebuilding of fish stocks.

124

Pew

1998

National Audubon
Society

$250,000

For conservation and
recovery of Atlantic swordfish and sharks.

125

Pew

1998

National Audubon
Society

$1,415,000

To support a campaign
for permanent administrative protection of the largest remaining tracts of
pristine old growth remaining in U.S. national forests.

126

Pew

1998

National Audubon
Society

$225,000

For continued support of
a campaign to secure permanent protection for old-growth forest stands on the
11 national forests of Arizona and New Mexico.

127

Pew

1999

National Audubon
Society

$300,000

To protect old-growth
forest and wilderness in the Southwest.

128

Pew

1999

National Audubon
Society

$2,150,000

To complete a public
education effort for permanent administrative protection of the largest
remaining tracts of pristine old growth remaining in U.S. national forests.

129

Pew

2006

National Audubon
Society

$120,000

To support efforts to
mitigate habitat destruction, prevent expansion of industrial fishing into
previously unfished areas and advance an ecosystem-based fisheries management
blueprint for the Beaufort, Chukchi and Eastern Bering Sea large marine
ecosystems.

130

Pew

2004

National Coalition for Marine Conservation

$558,000

To secure an amendment
to the Interstate Menhaden Management Plan that would reduce or eliminate
fishing of menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay, in order to protect the broader
ecosystem of the Bay

131

Pew

2005

National Coalition for Marine Conservation

$200,000

To ensure a new
regulatory cap on the industrial harvest of Atlantic menhaden is implemented
and enforced.

132

Pew

2006

National Coalition for Marine Conservation

$100,000

To support efforts to
initiate new regulatory actions that will preserve adequate populations of
forage fish which support healthy populations of predators, including
numerous species of marine mammals, seabirds and fish.

133

Pew

2006

National Environmental Trust

$361,000

To protect the food
chain of the Southern Ocean marine environment, by securing precautionary,
enforceable and ecosystem-based management of Antarctic krill.

134

Pew

2007

National Environmental Trust

$755,000

To protect the food
chain of the Southern Ocean marine environment by securing precautionary,
enforceable and ecosystem-based management of Antarctic krill.

135

Pew

1998

National Environmental
Trust

$3,000,000

For core support.

136

Pew

1999

National Environmental
Trust

$3,000,000

For general operating
support

137

Pew

2000

National Environmental
Trust

$3,000,000

For general operating
support (Dec 14, 2000).

138

Pew

2000

National Environmental
Trust

$3,000,000

For general operating
support (Mar 16).

139

Pew

2001

National Environmental
Trust

$2,500,000

For general operating
support.

140

Pew

2002

National Environmental
Trust

$3,000,000

For general operating
support.

141

Pew

2003

National Environmental
Trust

$5,000,000

To provide general
operating support.

142

Pew

2003

National Environmental
Trust

$4,000,000

To provide general
operating support.

143

Pew

2004

National Environmental
Trust

$100,000

In support of the Clear
the Air Campaign

144

Pew

2004

National Environmental
Trust

$100,000

In support of the Clean
the Air Campaign.

145

Pew

2005

National Environmental
Trust

$4,500,000

To provide general
operating support.

146

Pew

2006

National Environmental
Trust

$6,000,000

To provide general
operating support.

147

Pew

2006

National Environmental
Trust

$361,000

To protect the food
chain of the Southern Ocean marine environment, by securing precautionary,
enforceable and ecosystem-based management of Antarctic krill.

148

Pew

2007

National Environmental
Trust

$755,000

To protect the food
chain of the Southern Ocean marine environment by securing precautionary,
enforceable and ecosystem-based management of Antarctic krill.

149

Pew

2007

National Environmental
Trust

$2,455,000

To support a public
education campaign to strengthen fuel efficiency standards for passenger
vehicles and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation
sector.

150

Pew

2007

National Environmental
Trust

$722,500

To support a
public-education campaign to reform the Civil War era policies that govern
hardrock mining on federal land in the United States to ensure greater
protection of natural resources and taxpayer monies.

151

Pew

1997

National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation

$90,000

To support construction
of the National Environmental Education Center at the John Heinz National
Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum.

152

Pew

1998

National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation

$300,000

To support construction
of the National Environmental Education Center at the John Heinz National
Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum.

153

Pew

2002

Natural Resources Council of Maine

$450,000

To restore the Penobscot
River system to Atlantic salmon, American shad and other anadromous fish
species.

154

Pew

2003

Natural Resources Council of Maine

$200,000

To restore the Penobscot
River system to Atlantic salmon, American shad and other anadromous fish
species.

155

Pew

1998

Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

$1,453,000

To provide continued
support for SeaWeb, a public education initiative on ocean issues.

156

Pew

2008

Nature Conservancy

$150,000

To support the activities
of Omar Defeo

157

Pew

1996

New England Aquarium Corporation

$3,000,000

For the 1997 and 1998 Pew
Fellow classes.

158

Pew

1998

New England Aquarium Corporation

$769,000

To cover administrative
expenses to operate the Pew Fellows Program for the 1999 and 2000 fiscal
years.

159

Pew

1998

New England Aquarium Corporation

$375,000

For two films on the
plight of sharks and marine protected areas for distribution to zoos and
aquaria.

160

Pew

1998

New England Aquarium Corporation

$2,631,000

For the 1999 and 2000 Pew
Fellows classes.

161

Pew

2000

New England Aquarium Corporation

$1,568,000

For administrative
expenses to operate the Pew Fellows Program for fiscal years 2000 through
2003.

162

Pew

2001

New England Aquarium Corporation

$1,500,000

For the 2001 Pew Fellows
class.

163

Pew

2002

New England Aquarium Corporation

$230,000

For administrative
expenses to operate the Pew Fellows Program for July 2002 through December
2003.

164

Pew

2002

New England Aquarium Corporation

$230,000

For administrative
expenses to operate the Pew Fellows Program for July 2002 through December
2003.

In support of efforts to
reduce the incidental bycatch of fish and other marine life, curtail
particularly destructive fishing practices, and develop a stronger public
constituency for ocean conservation.

174

Pew

2002

Oceana

$4,500,000

In support of efforts to
stop the destruction of marine life by curtailing the use of destructive
fishing practices, assess and reduce the amount of fish and other marine life
destroyed in the pursuit of target species, reduce ocean pollution and
develop a strong and engaged constituency for ocean conservation.

175

Pew

2005

Oceana

$4,500,000

General operating support
for an international marine advocacy organization.

In support of efforts to
reduce the incidental bycatch of fish and other marine life, curtail
particularly destructive fishing practices, and develop a stronger public
constituency for ocean conservation.

178

Pew

2002

Oceana

$4,500,000

In support of efforts to
stop the destruction of marine life by curtailing the use of destructive
fishing practices, assess and reduce the amount of fish and other marine life
destroyed in the pursuit of target species, reduce ocean pollution and
develop a strong and engaged constituency for ocean conservation.

179

Pew

2003

Oceana

$5,625,000

To provide general
operating support.

180

Pew

2005

Oceana

$4,500,000

General operating support
for an international marine advocacy organization.

181

Pew

2006

Oceana

$673,000

This project focuses on
pressing threats to the Beaufort, Chukchi and Eastern Bering Sea large marine
ecosystems--threats that include the lack of an ecosystem-based management
blueprint for the Arctic, habitat destruction and expansion of industrial fishing
into previously unfished areas.

182

Pew

2006

Oceana

$4,500,000

General operating support
for an international marine advocacy organization.

183

Pew

2006

Oceana

$465,000

To support a campaign to
strengthen existing shark finning regulations of the European Union.

To support a substantial
research, advocacy and outreach project for The Pew Charitable Trusts shark
conservation project. This will provide the campaign with up-to-date shark
fisheries and trade data, enhance the campaigns visibility and impact in
Spain, and enable the project to have an effective presence in Brussels,
thereby contributing substantially to achieving the projects policy
objectives.

186

Pew

2009

Oceana

$4,500,000

To provide general
operating support to strengthen Oceanas capacity to restore ocean ecosystems
and protect marine biodiversity by engaging and educating the public,
performing scientific analysis and nonpartisan research, and broadening
institutional support.

187

Pew

2000

Oceana - Poseidon

$4,032,000

For support of a new
global marine organization.

188

Pew

2006

Pacific Environment and Resource Center

$90,000

To support Pacific
Environment and Resources Centers role in the Trusts U.S. Arctic large marine
Ecosystem Protection Initiative.

189

Pew

2007

Pacific Environment and Resource Center

$100,000

To support the activities
of Fan Meng as set forth in the grantees proposal.

For a public education
campaign to promote stronger fisheries management of bycatch, overfishing and
habitat destruction.

193

Pew

2006

Pacific Marine Conservation Council

$185,000

To support efforts to
prohibit the commercial harvest of bull kelp in Oregon state waters and
protect vulnerable habitats from destructive bottom trawling.

194

Pew

2008

Point Reyes Bird Observatory

$100,000

To evaluate the
population status of the Antarctic toothfish in the Ross Sea, provide
guidance on future monitoring of toothfish abundance and offer management
recommendations to maintain a sustainable ecosystem.

195

Pew

2004

Reef Environmental Education Foundation

$236,000

To evaluate whether the
protection of historic Nassau grouper spawning site locations from fishing
pressure will help recover these endangered populations.

196

Pew

2007

Regents of the University of California, Santa Cruz

$75,000

To support the activities
of Andrew Constable as set forth in the grantees proposal.

197

Pew

2001

Research Foundation of State University of New York

$2,530,000

To analyze and evaluate
the human health impacts of persistent organic pollutants in farmed Atlantic
salmon and wild Pacific salmon.

198

Pew

2002

Research Foundation of State University of New York

$140,000

To develop a plan for
communicating the findings of a pending scientific study

199

Pew

2004

Research Foundation of State University of New York

$750,000

To establish the Lenfest
Forage Fish Task Force that will develop and recommend ecosystem-based
standards for the sustainable management of forage fisheries.

200

Pew

2004

Research Foundation of State University of New York

$145,143

To advance
ecosystem-based fishery management by evaluating the status of understudied
fish and other marine species in several regions of the United States that
are impacted by the commercial fishing industry.

201

Pew

2008

Research Foundation of State University of New York

$195,000

To better monitor and
manage local populations of lemon sharks, by determining whether immature and
adult female lemon sharks remain near their birthplace.

202

Pew

2008

Research Foundation of State University of New York

$3,000,000

To conduct scientific
research regarding sustainable fisheries management and conservation of
threatened and endangered fish.

203

Pew

2007

Rhode Island Foundation, University of

$100,000

To support the activities
of Marie Joelle Rochet as set forth in the grantees proposal.

For completion of the
work of the Pew Oceans Commission and its report to the nation on policies
needed to restore and protect living marine resources in U.S. waters.

210

Pew

2004

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

$1,200,000

To support a national
alliance of hunters and anglers working to protect fish and wildlife
populations on U.S. public lands, and state and federal waters.

211

Pew

2005

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

$1,000,000

To more fully and
effectively engage Americas 40 million hunters and anglers in an effort to
protect critical wildlife and fish habitat.

212

Pew

2006

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

$750,000

To more fully and
effectively engage Americas 40 million hunters and anglers in an effort to
protect critical wildlife and fish habitat.

213

Pew

2008

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

$650,000

To protect western lands
and valuable fish and wildlife habitat from commercial logging, road
construction, hard rock mining and oil and gas development through the
Roadless Area Conservation Rule and other conservation policies and
administrative actions.

214

Pew

2009

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

$450,000

To protect western lands
and valuable fish and wildlife habitats from commercial logging, road
construction, hardrock mining and oil and gas development through the
Roadless Area Conservation Rule and other conservation policies and
administrative actions.

215

Pew

2002

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership - Trout Unlimited

$1,250,000

In support of a national
alliance of hunters and fishermen working to protect fish and wildlife
populations on federal public lands.

216

Pew

2007

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership - Trout Unlimited

$750,000

To continue
public-education and outreach efforts to protect national forest roadless
areas and modernize hardrock mining policy and also to secure federal
administrative action that will prevent leasing and drilling where it
overlaps with significant fish and wildlife resources.

217

Pew

1999

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership - Wildlife Forever

$2,338,000

To develop a new
initiative to engage sport hunting and fishing organizations in high-profile
national conservation policy debates related to protecting wildlife habitat
on public lands.

218

Pew

2001

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership - Wildlife Forever

$1,520,000

For continued support of
a coalition comprising sport hunting and fishing organizations engaging in
protecting wildlife habitat on public lands.

219

Pew

2000

Tides Center

$220,000

Note: The Tides Center
appears to be a funding clearinghouse, and not all of their funds can be
followed to individual grantees

220

Pew

2001

Tides Center

$2,530,000

To analyze and evaluate
the human health impacts of persistent organic pollutants in farmed Atlantic
salmon and wild Pacific salmon.

221

Pew

2001

Tides Center

$181,000

To assess and publicize
the risks and impacts of salmon farming in British Columbia on the
environment and to eliminate or curtail the indiscriminate slaughter of seals
and sea lions by salmon farmers.

222

Pew

2002

Tides Center

$5,200,000

Note: The Tides Center
appears to be a funding clearinghouse, and not all of their funds can be
followed to individual grantees

223

Pew

2002

Tides Center

$3,208,000

Note: The Tides Center
appears to be a funding clearinghouse, and not all of their funds can be
followed to individual grantees

224

Pew

2008

Tides Center

$200,000

Note: The Tides Center
appears to be a funding clearinghouse, and not all of their funds can be
followed to individual grantees

225

Pew

1995

Tides Center

$4,500,000

Note: The Tides Center
appears to be a funding clearinghouse, and not all of their funds can be
followed to individual grantees

226

Pew

1996

Tides Center

$4,300,000

Note: The Tides Center
appears to be a funding clearinghouse, and not all of their funds can be
followed to individual grantees

227

Pew

1997

Tides Center

$1,250,000

Note: The Tides Center
appears to be a funding clearinghouse, and not all of their funds can be
followed to individual grantees

228

Pew

1998

Tides Center

$460,000

Note: The Tides Center
appears to be a funding clearinghouse, and not all of their funds can be
followed to individual grantees

229

Pew

1999

Tides Center

$273,000

Note: The Tides Center
appears to be a funding clearinghouse, and not all of their funds can be
followed to individual grantees

230

Pew

2004

United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund

$1,020,000

To support a public
education campaign on the importance of conservation-based federal fisheries
management.

231

Pew

2005

United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund

$1,000,000

To provide targeted
public education and strategic communications on key issues that are of
importance in maintaining and potentially strengthening the conservation
provisions of federal fishing policies.

232

Pew

2006

United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund

$1,000,000

To support a strategic
public-education campaign focused on the key issues that are of importance in
maintaining and potentially strengthening the conservation provisions of
federal fishing policies.

233

Pew

1999

University of British Columbia, The

$2,134,000

To establish a
scientific group to study the impact of fisheries on marine ecosystems and to
produce a report on the state of the North Atlantic ocean.

234

Pew

2000

University of British Columbia, The

$2,105,000

To apply a newly
developed ecological model to assess the overall health of two major global
marine regions, with a particular emphasis on the ecosystem impacts of
commercial fishing.

235

Pew

2002

University of British Columbia, The

$2,000,000

To apply a newly
developed ecological model to assess the overall health of major global
marine regions, with a particular emphasis on the ecosystem impacts of
commercial fishing.

236

Pew

2002

University of British Columbia, The

$2,000,000

To apply a newly
developed ecological model to assess the overall health of major global
marine regions, with a particular emphasis on the ecosystem impacts of
commercial fishing.

237

Pew

2004

University of British Columbia, The

$150,000

To complete an
ecological model to assess the overall health of major global marine regions,
with a particular emphasis on the ecosystem impacts of commercial fishing.

238

Pew

2004

University of British Columbia, The

$401,000

To develop two
interactive computer programs that will demonstrate the ecological and
economic impacts of fisheries management decisions.

239

Pew

2004

University of British Columbia, The

$298,000

To improve the scientific
methodology for assessing the status of tuna populations in the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans.

240

Pew

2004

University of British Columbia, The

$560,000

To develop an
interactive computer program with high quality graphics that will demonstrate
the ecological and economic impacts of fisheries management decisions.

241

Pew

2005

University of British Columbia, The

$1,650,000

To refine and expand the
Sea Around Us projects database of information and analysis on the ecosystem
impacts of commercial fishing and the overall health of major global marine
regions.

242

Pew

2006

University of British Columbia, The

$2,500,000

To refine and expand the
Sea Around Us projects database of information and analysis on the ecosystem
impacts of commercial fishing and the overall health of the worlds oceans.

243

Pew

2007

University of British Columbia, The

$100,000

To support the activities
of Rashid Sumaila as set forth in the grantees proposal.

244

Pew

2008

University of British Columbia, The

$1,172,000

To continue assessing and
documenting the impact of fisheries on the worlds oceans.

245

Pew

2009

University of British Columbia, The

$1,328,000

To assess and document
the impact of fisheries and climate change on the worlds oceans, and to
elucidate the costs and benefits of large, no-take marine reserves.

246

Pew

2009

University of British Columbia, The

$1,328,000

To assess and document
the impact of fisheries and climate change on the worlds oceans, and to
elucidate the costs and benefits of large, no-take marine reserves.

247

Pew

2008

University of Queensland

$150,000

To support the activities
of Peter Mumby

248

Pew

2004

Washington, University of

$376,000

To synthesize data on
dedicated access fisheries across the globe in order to: (1) determine
whether dedicated access fisheries programs lead to improved or deteriorated
ecological conditions; and (2) identify what attributes of dedicated access
programs, or of a fishery system itself, are most commonly associated with
positive or negative impacts.

249

Pew

2006

Washington, University of

$50,000

To support the activities
of Patrick Christie as set forth in the grantees proposal.

250

Pew

2008

Washington, University of

$150,000

To support the activities
of Pablo Garcia Borboroglu

251

Pew

2001

Wilderness Society, The

$245,400

To conduct nonpartisan
study, analysis and research on the need for a federal marine wilderness
policy.

252

Pew

2002

Wildlife Conservation Society

$427,000

To assemble a team of
scientists and independent fisheries managers to develop an ecosystem-based
methodology for managing fisheries.

253

Pew

2008

Wildlife Conservation Society

$150,000

To support the activities
of Matthieu Le Corre

254

Pew

2004

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

$600,000

To develop a suite of
model science-based environmental standards for marine aquaculture to inform
policy makers at federal and state levels.

255

Pew

2005

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

$285,000

To develop a model suite
of protective environmental standards for marine aquaculture to inform the
policy debate at federal and state levels.

256

Pew

2008

World Wildlife Fund

$101,000

To strengthen
coordination between the Pew Environment Groups Antarctic Krill Conservation
Project and the World Wildlife Funds Antarctic and Southern Ocean Initiative.

To support efforts to
reduce accidental seabird bycatch and the deliberate take of endangered
seabirds in Peruvian and Ecuadorian fisheries

2

Packard

2008

Ashoka

$550,000

To undertake Phase II of
a design systems solutions for sustainable fisheries

3

Packard

2008

Ashoka

$240,000

To design systems
solutions for sustainable fisheries

4

Packard

2009

Ashoka

$1,050,000

To complete a design for
systems solutions of sustainable fisheries

5

Packard

2010

Ashoka

$1,050,000

To complete a design for
systems solutions of sustainable fisheries

6

Packard

2009

Australian Antarctic Division

$120,000

To complete the
development of a device that aims to reduce seabird bycatch mortality in
pelagic longline fisheries

7

Packard

2010

BirdLife International

$250,000

To promote adoption and
evaluation of seabird bycatch mitigation measures in tuna longline fisheries
in the Pacific

8

Packard

2010

Blue Ocean Institute

$225,000

For producing materials
to foster greater public awareness of ocean issues and to promote sustainable
seafood to consumers and retailers

9

Packard

2008

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford, Jr. University

$123,625

To analyze and assess
the potential principles, standards, and practical guidelines for
multi-species, producer-based fisheries certification

10

Packard

2008

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford, Jr. University

$57,500

To estimate the biomass
of jumbo squid in the Gulf of California for incorporation into a squid
fishery management plan

11

Packard

2010

California Environmental Associates

$150,000

To develop a trends
analysis of progress in the sustainable seafood movement in the U.S., to
support research related to the Fisheries strategy development process, and
to provide limited technical assistance to market-related grantee efforts

12

Packard

2010

California Environmental Associates

$131,248

To design and lead an
expert-driven assessment and plan to reform commercial fisheries worldwide

13

Packard

2010

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society

$600,000

To continue Sustainable
Seafood Canada's SeaChoice program

14

Packard

2011

Center for Public Integrity

$250,000

For an investigative
report on black market fisheries along the Pacific Rim

15

Packard

2010

Chefs Collaborative

$200,000

For Seafood Solutions, a
project promoting sustainable seafood to the culinary community

16

Packard

2010

Chefs Collaborative

$100,000

For Seafood Solutions, a
project promoting sustainable seafood to the culinary community

17

Packard

2010

Chefs Collaborative

$75,000

For continued support of
Seafood Solutions, a project promoting sustainable seafood to the culinary
community

18

Packard

2009

Criterion Ventures, LLC

$50,000

To provide information
to marine fisheries grantees on selecting an organizational structure that
best aligns with mission-driven ventures intended to shift market behavior

19

Packard

2010

Criterion Ventures, LLC

$250,000

To lead the development
of a five-year Marine Fisheries subprogram assessment through a first phase
of synthesis, stakeholder engagement, and initial prospective strategy
framing

20

Packard

2010

Criterion Ventures, LLC

$200,000

To engage grantees,
funders and other stakeholders to develop a five-year subprogram strategy
through the second phase of stakeholder engagement, strategy synthesis, and
framing

21

Packard

2009

Ecotrust

$247,000

To compile a
comprehensive series of maps that illustrate the commercial and consumptive
recreational fishing use patterns and values along the Oregon Coas

22

Packard

2008

Environmental Defense Fund

$550,000

For the major buyer
partnership strategy, consumer awareness, and efforts to explore sustainable
fish feed options

For activities including
website and database development to bring together suppliers and buyers of
sustainable seafood

26

Packard

2009

Fishchoice

$445,000

For general support

27

Packard

2008

Friends of Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

$17,500

For the translation,
publication, and dissemination of fundamental details on the shark and ray
fishery in the Gulf of California

28

Packard

2010

Greenpeace Fund

$600,000

To continue a North
American retailer campaign

29

Packard

2009

H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the
Environment

$100,000

For a collaborative
effort within and among Arctic states and in consultation with key
stakeholders to improve Arctic fisheries governance systems

30

Packard

2008

Iemanya Oceanica

$50,000

To engage artisanal shark
fishers in sustainable fishing practices

31

Packard

2009

Iemanya Oceanica

$50,000

To engage artisanal shark
fishers in sustainable fishing practices

32

Packard

2010

Innovation Network

$50,000

For a capacity assessment
of the U.S. oceans advocacy field

33

Packard

2005

Institute for Fisheries Resources

$150,000

To establish a national
organization of progressive fishermen

34

Packard

2006

Institute for Fisheries Resources

$100,000

To establish a national
organization of progressive fishermen

35

Packard

2007

Institute for Fisheries Resources

$100,000

To establish a national
organization of progressive fishermen

36

Packard

2007

Institute for Fisheries Resources

$75,000

To support a coalition
of diverse stakeholders to ensure that industrial fish farming does not harm
aquatic ecosystem integrity, existing wild fisheries, or coastal communities

37

Packard

2008

Institute for Fisheries Resources

$425,000

To expand the Commercial
Fisherman of America ($150,000), to support the Pacific Coast Federation of
Fisherman's Associations ($200,000), and for general support of the Institute
for Fisheries Resources ($75,000)

For a field-level
assessment, creation of an evaluation framework, and distribution of findings
on innovative financing mechanisms for marine and fisheries conservation
funders

42

Packard

2008

Marine Fish Conservation Network

$125,000

For work intended to
ensure the full implementation of the Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization Act
and to promote the sustainable management of forage fish species ($100,000)
and for general support ($25,000)

43

Packard

2009

Marine Fish Conservation Network

$125,000

To continue implementing
the ecosystem components of the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and
Management Reauthorization Act and to begin laying the groundwork for the
next reauthorization

44

Packard

2010

Marine Fish Conservation Network

$125,000

To continue implementing
the ecosystem components of the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and
Management Reauthorization Act

45

Packard

2009

Marine Stewardship Council

$4,050,000

To evaluate the
environmental impacts that have resulted from the Marine Stewardship
Council‘s fishery certification program during the first ten years of
operations

46

Packard

2008

Marine Stewardship Council

$1,506,000

For general support

47

Packard

2008

Marine Stewardship Council

$250,000

To transfer project
coordination of the Wal-Mart engagement to the Marine Stewardship Council,
and to undertake a study of the feasibility of developing an aquaculture
certification program

48

Packard

2007

Marine Stewardship Council

$1,500,000

For core support,
continued reform implementation, and capacity development

49

Packard

2006

Marine Stewardship Council

$1,500,000

For core support, reform
implementation, and capacity development at the Marine Stewardship Council

50

Packard

2006

Marine Stewardship Council

$100,000

For a challenge grant to
increase the presence and profile of the MSC in North America

51

Packard

2006

Marine Stewardship Council

$87,900

For development of a 3 to
5 year business plan

52

Packard

2005

Marine Stewardship Council

$1,750,000

For core support, reform
implementation, and capacity development at the Marine Stewardship Counci

53

Packard

2010

Marine Stewardship Council

$125,000

To evaluate the
environmental impacts that have resulted from the Marine Stewardship
Council‘s fishery certification program during the first ten years of
operations

54

Packard

2010

Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation

$700,000

For the Sustainable
Seafood Initiative

55

Packard

2009

National Coalition for Marine Conservation

$30,000

To develop guidance for
conservation of forage fish through an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries
management

56

Packard

2010

National Council for Science and the Environment

$25,000

For the 11th National
Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment: Our Changing Ocean

57

Packard

2010

Natural Resources Defense Council

$125,000

To support efforts to
rebuild fisheries and affect oceans policy reform at the federal level

58

Packard

2010

Nature Conservancy

$100,000

For community engagement
on the Washington coast toward a more sustainable future for marine fisheries
and ecosystems

59

Packard

2010

Nature Conservancy

$234,600

To continue to develop
and refine the Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Decision Support effort to provide
salient and credible information to bear on the many decisions that will be
made in response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

60

Packard

2009

Nature Conservancy

$292,313

To promote new and
sustained federal funding for ocean conservation, restoration, and planning

61

Packard

2009

Nature Conservancy

$200,000

To introduce and
strengthen the concept of marine spatial planning in marine policy

Supports developing
technical analyses in support of Marine Spatial Planning and the Pacific
North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) Initiative.

402

Moore

2007

Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association

$912,953

Support implementation
of DAPs in New England through promoting regulatory reform and leading the
region in sector governance and monitoring.

403

Moore

2010

Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association

$538,821

To provide expertise and
support to ensure appropriate and durable implementation of sectors for
groundfish, expansion of catch shares into other bottom-dwelling fisheries,
and regulations and design elements for sectors that address sustainable
fishing communities.

404

Moore

2005

Cape
Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association

$491,744

To align economic
incentives with conservation in the Georges Bank Fixed Gear Sector for
gillnet fishermen and to implement a video-based electronic monitoring system
for bycatch and catch of groundfish and other species. Outcomes for this
grant include verification of video-based electronic monitoring for hook
& line gear, analysis of video-based electronic monitoring for gillnet
and small-mesh gear, and implementation and increased stakeholder awareness
of Georges Bank dedicated access privilege (DAP) programs.

405

Moore

2010

Coastal First Nations – Great Bear Initiative

$2,257,226

Supports enhancing and
integrating community-level marine spatial plans in support of achieving a
good Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) marine spatial
plan. This grant also supports the grantee’s transition to organizational and
financial durability and their continued help in implementing the Great Bear
Rainforest agreements.

406

Moore

2008

Communications Partnership for Science and the Sea

$710,262

Connect regional
scientists, journalists, decisionmakers, and their key constituents to one
another and to ensure that the critical science needed for effective
Area-Based Management is understood, valued, and applied in Massachusetts and
New England. This purpose will be achieved through the activities of the
Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea (COMPASS).

407

Moore

2009

David Suzuki Foundation

$130,334

Support of the David
Suzuki Foundation’s efforts to maintain a targeted constituency in British
Columbia that is supportive of a marine spatial planning process in the
Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area that includes a spatial
management plan and network of marine protected areas.

408

Moore

2005

Duke University

$3,066,000

Develop a global
perspective on the incidental catch of seabirds, sea turtles, and marine
mammals. In collaboration with in-country scientists, national fisheries
management authorities, and regional fisheries management organizations, Duke
researchers will synthesize and analyze bycatch data for US and international
fisheries. Outcomes for this grant include improvement of fishing and bycatch
databases and analysis of world bycatch rates.

409

Moore

2005

Environmental Defense Fund

$1,080,249

To assess dedicated
access privilege (DAP) programs to create a credible view of the strengths,
weaknesses, and practical applicability of these approaches. DAPs give
individual fishermen, communities, or cooperatives a secure share of a
scientifically determined sustainable level of catch, with a goal of
achieving economic and ecosystem benefits. Outcomes for this grant
include assessment of results of existing DAP programs in North America,
analysis of business aspects from other public trust resource usage
situations, and evaluation of criteria for the application of DAP programs.

410

Moore

2006

Environmental Defense Fund

$904,661

Supports
Environmental Defense to work with the Pacific Fishery Management Council and
other stakeholders to transition the management of the Pacific Groundfish
trawl fishery to an Individual Quota system. A key outcome is that the
Pacific Groundfish Trawl Individual Quota program serves as a model dedicated
access privilege (DAP) program meeting ecological, economic, and social
standards.

411

Moore

2007

Environmental Defense Fund

$1,000,000

Support Environmental
Defense and its partners in creating the California Fisheries Fund (CFF). The
CFF will provide fishers with sustainable access to capital for the research,
business planning, and implementation of new fisheries management programs to
improve the conservation and financial performance of California fisheries.

412

Moore

2006

Environmental Defense Fund

$156,110

Disseminate the results
of a DAP analysis that examined successes and shortcomings of DAP programs in
North America and made recommendations to address ecological, economic, and
social objectives in implementation. A key outcome of the grant is that stakeholders
in New England and on the West Coast have a heightened sophistication and
understanding of DAP programs.

413

Moore

2007

Environmental Defense Fund

$1,980,192

This grant supports
implementation of Dedicated Access Privileges (DAPs, also known as
"catch shares") in the entire groundfish fishery and in the
offshore sea scallop fishery, and evaluates feasibility of implementation in
a nearshore locally-managed bay scallop fishery. Through implementation in
the carefully chosen portfolio of fisheries, targeted political advocacy
work, and scientific knowledge around DAP performance and biological
assessments, Environmental Defense will help to make DAPs the default
management mechanism for New England fisheries.

414

Moore

2008

Environmental Defense Fund

$1,891,251

Builds on previous work
to establish an individual fishing quota (IFQ) management system in the trawl
sector of the Pacific groundfish fishery. In the renewal grant, EDF will work
to ensure that the rules and implementing measures of the trawl sector are
finalized as a model of sustainable fisheries management and will work to
initiate a formal Pacific Fishery Management Council process to extend quota
share management to other sectors in the Pacific groundfish fishery.

415

Moore

2010

Environmental Defense Fund

$2,091,793

This grant to
Environmental Defense Fund supports creating a durable and efficient Pacific
groundfish trawl catch share program. Funding will be used to refine and
improve fishing regulations to increase flexibility and reduce costs, and
used to work with fishermen directly to improve their performance under the
catch share.

416

Moore

2007

Gulf of Maine Research Institute

$1,065,058

Support a Sector
Extension Program at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, to provide
technical and scientific expertise to fishing sectors (a form of Dedicated
Access Privilege) in the New England region.

417

Moore

2010

Gulf of Maine Research Institute

$1,567,880

Support work to improve
the sector management system for New England’s groundfish industry, provide
convening and technical assistance to the monkfish fishery as it develops a
new catch share system, assist groundfish sectors to adopt cleaner fishing
technology, and provide region-wide outreach and education to the region’s
fishing industry, fisheries management agencies, and policy makers.

418

Moore

2006

Gulf of Marine Research Institute

$467,000

Build communication
within the New England commercial fishing community and build support for new
forms of management, including DAPs. As a result of this grant, collaboration
is strengthened and a common understanding of alternative management
approaches is shared among members of the commercial fishing community who
participate in FishTank, and sustainable and viable groundfish management
options are brought before the New England Fishery Management Council
(NEFMC).

419

Moore

2007

Island Institute

$396,328

Support a change in
fisheries regulations in New England that enables area and community-based
management that rebuilds and sustains fish stocks. This grant will focus on
gaining approval by the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) of an
alternative to amend the Multispecies Fishery Management Plan.

420

Moore

2005

Island Press

$125,000

To create a book
designed to advance a new approach to marine science, policy, and management.
Outcomes for this grant include publication and dissemination of “Marine
Conservation Biology: the science of maintaining the sea's biodiversity.”

421

Moore

2008

Living Oceans Society

$239,835

Supports the Living
Oceans Society to partner with a team of scientists to conduct a series of
research dives to further describe the functional role of British Columbia’s
deep sea corals within the coastal-marine ecosystem. The grant will
facilitate science-based interim protection efforts for deep sea corals and
unite fisheries management and Area-Based Management (ABM) in the Pacific
North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) process.

422

Moore

2010

Living Oceans Society

$282,626

Supports developing
technical analyses in support of Marine Spatial Planning and the Pacific
North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) Initiative

423

Moore

2006

Marine Conservation Biology Institute

$469,574

To integrate data on
bycatch and habitat damage for all major commercial fishing gears. The output
of this grant includes a stakeholder-driven analysis of the ecological
impacts of fishing gear in British Columbia and Atlantic Canada with
recommendations to reform fisheries management.

424

Moore

2007

Meridian Institute

$160,504

To coordinate the
strategies of grantees working on reforming fisheries management in New
England, and to engage Joint Ocean Commission staff with key individuals at
the federal level to increase political and financial support for the
reforms.

425

Moore

2006

Meridian Institute

$210,045

Foster a supportive and
informed consitutency for Area-Based Management in the US. The key outcome of
this grant is an ocean management constituency of key policymakers and
managers at the national level, as well as Massachusetts, that understands
and calls for the implementation of comprehensive Area-Based Management in US
waters.

426

Moore

2010

Nanwakolas Council

$1,154,019

Supports their
leadership within the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA)
Initiative. The grant also supports the development and integration of
smaller-scale community and regional-level Marine Spatial Plans, which will
in turn help achieve a good PNCIMA Marine Spatial Plan.

427

Moore

2005

National Academy of Sciences

$250,000

Survey aimed at
identifying barriers to the effective management of coastal and marine
resources, particularly in the developing world. The Academy's Ocean Studies
Board will review past and current efforts to develop and implement marine
conservation policies in developing nations. The survey will lead to
recommendations on ways in which the United States, working in partnership
with others, can help strengthen the marine protection and management
capacity of these nations. Outcomes for this grant include recommendations
for strengthening international marine protection and management capacity.

428

Moore

2010

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

$1,145,000

Support the transition
of U.S. fisheries to catch share programs by encouraging fishermen to pursue
innovative management strategies through a competitive grant award process.

429

Moore

2007

Natural Resources Defense Council

$314,900

To encourage a new
generation of bycatch minimization measures within the Pacific groundfish
fishery. NRDC will provide information and technical analyses to facilitate
Pacific Fishery Management Council decision-making to ensure the trawl
groundfish DAP contains key conservation design elements. NRDC will also
advocate for sound rebuilding plans for overfished species and strong bycatch
mitigation measures.

430

Moore

2007

NOAA National MPA Center

$555,333

Supports the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Protected Area Center
(MPA Center) to create the California Human Uses Atlas. The Atlas will
provide GIS data layers, displayed as maps, of the full suite of human uses
of state and federal waters off California through a rapid and repeatable
process to inform comprehensive area-based management.

431

Moore

2006

NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center

$664,342

To develop Atlantis
ecosystem integrated models that allow policy makers, stakeholders, and
scientists to evaluate the effects of management efforts on ecosystem
services. A key output of the grant will be Atlantic ecosystem models of the
U.S. West Coast.

432

Moore

2006

Ocean Conservancy

$252,096

Independent evaluation
of The Ocean Conservancy’s Overfishing Scorecard and a research project to
assess the current state of understanding of Area-Based Management by key
stakeholders and decision-makers in the US. Key outputs of the grant include
recommendations for improvement of the Overfishing Scorecard and market
research and analysis to guide education, outreach, and communication
strategies in support of Area-Based Management.

433

Moore

2006

Ocean Conservancy

$517,756

To survey public
understanding of ocean threats, and to engage, educate, and broaden a
constituency in Massachusetts that is supportive of comprehensive Area-Based
Management. A key outcome is that targeted constituencies in the state of
Massachusetts are supportive of comprehensive area-based management for state
waters.

434

Moore

2005

Oregon State University

$13,543,700

Supports the Partnership
for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO), a research
consortium involving marine scientists from four universities. Through this
large-scale marine program, PISCO researchers are working to understand the
dynamics of the ocean ecosystems along more than 1,200 miles of the US West
Coast. Outcomes for this grant include identification, and increased
understanding of, West Coast ecological patterns; increased use of science in
marine policy, management, and stewardship decisions; improved accessibility
of marine ecosystem data; and increased PISCO institutional capacity.

435

Moore

2006

Pacific Marine Conservation Council

$247,024

To work with scientists,
managers, and local fishermen to develop a management system including an
area-based allocation for the Orford Reef in Oregon’s Nearshore Fisheries
Management Plan. A key outcome of the grant is an area-based allocation for
blue and black rockfish in the Port Orford Community Stewardship Area.

436

Moore

2010

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission

$247,769

Supports developing a
structure and process for regional Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning,
consistent with the requirements of the National Ocean Policy. Funding will
be used to assess capacity and needs for planning, develop an appropriate
regional planning structure, and create a collaborative planning process for
the region.

437

Moore

2007

Penobscot East Resource Center

$563,000

To
promote implementation of an area-based groundfish management system that
serves as a model for governance and sustainable fisheries in New England.
The outcome of this grant is adoption of a plan by the New England Fishery
Management Council for implementation of an area-based pilot project in the
Downeast area of the Gulf of Maine.

438

Moore

2005

Resources Legacy Fund

$674,450

Supports the
Massachusetts Ocean Partnership Fund. The Resources Legacy Fund is creating a
five-year strategic plan poised to advance efforts to develop and implement
comprehensive multi-use management in Massachusetts. Outcomes for this grant
include formation of the Massachusetts Ocean Partnership Fund
(MOPF) and five-year strategy, and development of a science plan to
support comprehensive management.

439

Moore

2006

Resources Legacy Fund

$121,514

Supports a small working
group of lawyers to perform a legal, regulatory, and institutional gap
analysis to understand the existing framework for Area-Based Management in
the state waters of California. The outputs include a findings and
recommendations document to be used to advance area-based management in
California.

440

Moore

2008

Resources Legacy Fund

$953,224

Builds off the recently
published law review article that contains an analysis of existing gaps in
California’s legal and regulatory marine management system and promotes
adoption of Area-Based Management (ABM) to protect California’s marine
ecosystems (#1188). With this subsequent grant, RLF will partner with the
Center for Ocean Solutions at Stanford University to conduct a deeper
evaluation of the scientific and institutional framework necessary for ABM in
California state waters and communicate the benefits and opportunities for
better stewardship through ABM to key opinion leaders in California.

441

Moore

2005

Resources Legacy Fund Foundation

$3,220,574

To implement
California's Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA). The statewide network, as
authorized in the 1999 Marine Life Protection Act, is designed to protect key
segments of California's coastal ocean ecosystem through an expanded system
of Marine Protected Areas. This grant provides an opportunity to implement
the MLPA (as part of a newly designed, public-private partnership) and
safeguard key hotspots off the California coast. Outcomes for this grant
include creation and implementation of a master plan for Marine Protected
Areas in California.

442

Moore

2008

Resources Legacy Fund Foundation

$7,066,142

Supports the continued
implementation of the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) in the North-Central,
South, and North Coast regions of California. The grant also supports the
work of non-governmental organizations, including the MPA Monitoring
Enterprise, to strengthen the management, design and implementation of the
emerging network of marine protected areas.

443

Moore

2007

Resources Legacy
Fund Foundation

$2,800,000

Support the continuation
of a successful public-private partnership with the State of California to
implement the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) in the North-Central Coast
region of the state. The grant also supports the work of non-governmental
organizations in three regions along California’s coast in order to
strengthen the design, management, and implementation of this emerging
network of marine protected areas.

444

Moore

2007

Sage Center

$889,946

Manage and administer
the British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA) to synthesize
available ecological, biological, oceanographic, and human use spatial data
in British Columbia. The BCMCA will engage multi-sector experts to collect
the data and ensure an iterative Marxan spatial analysis, biophysical and
human use digital atlas, and associated data repository is available to
support Area-Based Management (ABM) in the Pacific North Coast Integrated
Management Area (PNCIMA) and other resource management processes.

445

Moore

2005

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

$1,408,850

The purchase of
instruments and equipment for research and monitoring of the U.S. West Coast
ecosystem off Southern California. The research conducted by Scripps will
lead to a better understanding of the hydrographic structure and variability
of the system and the dynamics of plankton communities there. Outcomes for
this grant include deployment of four Spray gliders, Moving Vessel Profiler,
and SeaSoar (autonomous devices for measuring and recording oceanographic
data) in California waters.

446

Moore

2005

Seaweb

$350,022

To catalyze and advance
marine reserve science and Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) in New
England while addressing societal and policy-maker needs. The grant also
ensures scientific findings are accessible, relevant, and
communication-ready. Outcomes for this grant include the connection
of EBM science to New England stakeholders, media, and
policymakers.

447

Moore

2008

Stanford University, Woods Institute for the Environment

$1,967,175

Support the development
and application of a suite of ecosystem service models, using the InVest
modeling framework being developed as part of the Natural Capital project, to
inform Area-Based Management (ABM) decision-making in temperate marine
ecosystems. The models will be developed and tested in one of the Marine
Conservation Initiative's focal geographies.

448

Moore

2008

T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation

$292,193

Supports the T. Buck
Suzuki Environmental Foundation to engage commercial fishing organizations,
other commercial boat operators, and individual commercial fishing industry
workers to develop a unified vision in support of the conservation goals of
the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) Area-Based
Management (ABM) process, a means to ensure resilient and productive marine
ecosystems with sustainable fisheries and healthy coastal communities.

449

Moore

2009

The Nature Conservancy

$249,705

Support a partnership
with New England fisheries sectors to pilot permit banks, providing a model
for achieving conservation goals that align with community objectives for
maximum durability.

450

Moore

2010

The Nature Conservancy

$500,000

Support of the design
and implementation of transferable tools, including collective fishing
arrangements and electronic monitoring, to ensure the durability of the
Pacific groundfish trawl catch share program. Funding will be used to enact
necessary policies and advance practical, on-the-water demonstrations that
align community objectives with conservation goals within the Pacific
groundfish fishery.

451

Moore

2010

The Nature Conservancy

$698,996

Help position the region
as a federal Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) pilot, and to support the
development of a "good" MSP framework and process for New England
by directly supporting the regional planning body and process, bringing a
range of tools and data to managers and planners, and connecting state MSP
processes to the regional scale to ensure compatibility and learning.

Moore

The Nature Conservancy

$249,705

This grant to The Nature
Conservancy will support a partnership with New England fisheries sectors to
pilot permit banks, providing a model for achieving conservation goals that
align with community objectives for maximum durability.

Moore

The Nature Conservancy

$1,025,035

This grant supports The
Nature Conservancy's partnership with the Alaska Department of Fish &
Game. The two organizations are sharing resources to expand and enhance
Alaska's framework for salmon conservation. Outcomes for this grant include
completion of the Nushagak Watershed conservation strategy, expansion of
Alaska's Anadromous Waters Catalog to include endangered watersheds,
integration of ecosystem role of salmon into salmon management, and
establishment of state policy for natural-flow regimes for anadromous fish
bearing waters.

452

Moore

2008

Tides Canada Foundation

$1,241,635

Elevate and secure the
Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) Area-Based Management
process. Tides Canada will also facilitate marine conservation Environmental
Non-Governmental Organization (ENGO) coordination by partnering with the BC Marine
Planning Network, a consortium of five ENGOs, to implement their joint
strategic plan.

453

Moore

2009

Tides Canada Foundation

$726,757

Supports development of
a multi-sector Innovative Oceans Partnership in support of a marine spatial
planning process in the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area.

454

Moore

2010

Tides Canada Foundation

$8,281,994

Support the Pacific
North Coast Integrated Management Area Initiative to produce an Integrated
Marine Management Plan.

455

Moore

2010

Tides Canada Foundation

$880,933

Supports an agile
mechanism for timely, small-scale investments in grassroots activities aimed
at securing resilient and productive marine ecosystems in British Columbia.
The intention is to capitalize on time-limited opportunities to advance
identified strategic outcomes of the Marine Conservation Initiative.

456

Moore

2009

Turning Point
Initiative

$247,727

Enables Coastal First
Nations to make measurable progress towards a sound marine spatial plan for
the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) through an
Innovative Oceans Partnership that reflects First Nations’ conservation and
management vision. The grant also supports efforts to incorporate First
Nations community-level marine spatial plans into the PNCIMA plan.

457

Moore

2007

Turning Point Initiative Society

$3,562,658

Enables First Nations to
define and advance the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area
(PNCIMA) Area-Based Management (ABM) process, building on the conservation
success realized through the Great Bear Rainforest land use planning process.
Over a three year period, First Nations will produce the necessary scientific
and technical analyses to construct science-based individual ABM plans. First
Nations will also convene communities and other stakeholders to advance ABM
in the PNCIMA.

Duke University is using
this grant to develop a global perspective on the incidental catch of
seabirds, sea turtles, and marine mammals. In collaboration with in-country
scientists, national fisheries management authorities, and regional fisheries
management organizations, Duke researchers will synthesize and analyze
bycatch data for US and international fisheries. Outcomes for this grant
include improvement of fishing and bycatch databases and analysis of world
bycatch rates.

458

Moore

2010

U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict

$1,204,910

Support the design and
potential pilot implementation of a bi-partisan, inclusive public engagement
process by the National Ocean Council in furtherance of the United States
National Ocean Policy. Funding will be used to produce best practice
recommendations for eliciting and incorporating input from the general public
and a broad spectrum of ocean users, including tribes.

459

Moore

2007

UNESCO

$295,022

To develop an
operational manual of principles and guidelines outlining the steps to
implement marine spatial management.

460

Moore

2009

UNESCO

$111,620

UNESCO’s Marine Spatial
Planning: A Step-by-Step Approach manual arrives at a time when Area-Based
Management efforts in British Columbia and Massachusetts have begun to bear
fruit. This grant allows the authors to work directly with practitioners in
those regions to apply best practices in designing and implementing
Area-Based Management.

461

Moore

2005

University of California - San Diego

$1,762,420

Development
of a next-generation Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) designed
to improve our understanding of the distribution patterns of marine
organisms. The system allows researchers to integrate and manage
oceanographic and biological data from various sources and spanning multiple
marine habitats. To ensure the widespread adoption and use of the system, the
project results will be shared through journals, publications, and
international forums. Outcomes for this grant include test of the
biogeographic databases federation and remote sensing of metabolism in lakes
worldwide.

462

Moore

2005

University of California - Santa Barbara

$1,391,737

Purchase
of instruments and equipment for coral reef research and monitoring in Moorea
(French Polynesia). The National Science Foundation recently designated
Moorea as a Long-Term Ecological Research site. Outcomes for this grant
include deployment of ecological research instrumentation on Moorea.

463

Moore

2006

University of California - Santa Barbara

$190,616

Produce a high
resolution, interactive map of human impacts on marine ecosystems in the U.S.
West Coast. The key output is a spatially-explicit human threat analysis
within the U.S. West Coast.

464

Moore

2008

University of
California, Santa Barbara

$96,953

Support to the National
Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis at the University of California,
Santa Barbara to train a cohort of graduate students to evaluate the current
status and trends of marine fisheries and ecosystems in an effort to bridge a
growing intellectual divide among marine ecologists and fisheries biologists.

465

Moore

2006

University of California, Santa Cruz

$195,019

A conference to
synthesize existing interdisciplinary scientific knowledge and catalyze the
development of scientific initiatives needed to advance ecosystem-based
policy and management in the U.S. West Coast. A key result of this conference
will be increased communication and collaboration among scientists working on
the application of ecosystem-based management along the West Coast of the
United States.

466

Moore

2007

University of Massachusetts Boston

$8,181,785

Support the
Massachusetts Ocean Partnership, a broad-based coalition of stakeholders that
is working to ensure the creation of a sound Area-Based Management plan for
Massachusetts state waters.

467

Moore

2007

University of New Hampshire

$221,318

Analyze historical
baselines of productivity and distribution of key fish species and of
fisheries effort in the Gulf of Maine from the 1800s to the present, and to
use this information to impact targets for current fisheries rebuilding
efforts.

468

Moore

2006

University System of Maryland

$618,013

Analyze recreational
fishing mortality and assess alternative management approaches; demonstrate a
collaborative science-based approach to managing marine recreational
fisheries; and develop trust and a renewed positive working relationship
among recreational fishers and environmentalists. A key outcome of the grant
is the development and implementation of an alternative harvesting policy for
a sustainable recreational fishery.

469

Moore

2008

West
Coast Vancouver Island Aquatic Management Board

$775,624

Supports the West Coast
Vancouver Island Aquatic Management Board to develop a regional Area-Based
Management (ABM) framework and to complete a pilot ABM plan in Clayoquot
Sound. By utilizing the Board’s diverse public and private representatives,
this grant will also facilitate communications mechanisms, technical tools,
and governance to engage key constituencies and serve as an ABM model for
British Columbia’s Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA).

470

Moore

2007

Wildlife Conservation Society

$750,000

To protect coral reef
ecosystems and adjacent watersheds in Fiji. This grant supports the creation
of scientifically-based marine managed area networks in Kubulau and Macuata
serving as models for ecosystem-based management in Fiji and the Western
Pacific.

471

Moore

2005

World Wildlife Fund

$400,000

2006 and 2007
International Smart Gear Competitions and post-competition activities to
catalyze new fishing gear technologies to reduce bycatch. Outcomes for this
grant include implementation of strategies for winning technologies.

472

Moore

2007

World Wildlife Fund Canada

$2,105,625

Enhances the
effectiveness of Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations, industry
representatives, and other influential Canadians to promote Area-Based
Management (ABM) in areas like British Columbia’s Pacific North Coast
Integrated Management Area. Through direct engagement, the grant also
facilitates government commitment to policy, approaches (including ABM), and
platforms that secure resilient and productive marine ecosystems.

Moore

2010

Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition

$275,000

This grant to the Save
Our Wild Salmon Coalition supports their integration with the Pew Environment
Group. Funding will be used to support staff participation in the integration
efforts, and to sustain communications/outreach during the transition period.

Moore

2004

Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition

$200,000

The Save Our Wild Salmon
Coalition is using this grant to build a strong and diverse coalition
of support for salmon conservation by disseminating a compelling
vision for a sustainable regional economy, and conducting outreach to
regional labor unions, utilities, and inland Pacific Northwest communities.

Moore

2003

Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition

$300,000

The Save Our Wild Salmon
Coalition used this grant to support environmental conservation activities in
the lower Snake River through its Columbia and Snake Rivers Campaign, as an
iconic effort to influence lower 48 recovery.

473

Moore

2010

World Wildlife Fund
-Canada

$711,279

Supports developing
science and management tools and business and economic solutions to advance
Marine Spatial Planning in support of the Pacific North Coast Integrated
Management Area (PNCIMA) Initiative.

For a joint initiative
of 3 organizations to: develop business plans for sustainable fisheries
trusts in Alaska and Cape Cod; to implement a trust; and to assess the
need/opportunity to create a national infrastructure and methodology to
implement trusts.

477

Surdna

2008

Alaska Marine Conservation Council

$300,000

Support to continue
development of Sustainable Fisheries Trusts that will finance Alaska and Cape
Cod community-based fishermen employing conservation practices and whose
access to the fisheries is critical to economic and social vitality.

478

Surdna

2007

Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association

$180,000

To provide general
operating support policy reform campaigns for herring and groundfish, and to
implement the nation's first Sustainable Fisheries Trust.

479

Surdna

2010

Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association

$75,000

For the creation of
Sustainable Fisheries Trusts in Alaska and Cape Cod that will finance
community-based fishermen, employing conservation practices vital to ocean
health and whose access to fisheries is critical to local economic and social
vitality.

480

Surdna

2010

Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association

$15,000

For a comprehensive
assessment of the organization as it enters its second decade as a
professionally staffed nonprofit.

481

Surdna

2010

Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association

$150,000

To grow the Cape Cod
Fisheries Trust into a nationally significant model for preserving marine
ecosystems and ensuring the environmental, economic, and cultural
sustainability of the communities on which they depend.

482

Surdna

2010

Ecotrust

$75,000

For the creation of
Sustainable Fisheries Trusts in Alaska and Cape Cod that will finance
community-based fishermen, employing conservation practices vital to ocean
health and whose access to fisheries is critical to local economic and social
vitality.

483

Surdna

2010

Ecotrust

$150,000

To establish the Alaska
Sustainable Fisheries Trust as a durable model leveraged to catalyze creation
of a national network of community based fishing entities working to achieve
healthy fisheries and fishing economies.

484

Surdna

2010

Marine Conservation Biology Institute

$450,000

General support to grow
and expand the capacity of a leading science and advocacy organization to
become a more effective catalyst for change in oceans particularly in
domestic fishing issues and place based ecosystem conservation.

485

Surdna

2010

Marine Conservation Biology Institute

$115,000

To fund a scientific
thought leader and catalyst to advance innovative policies and management
strategies that will protect marine biodiversity and sustain ocean resources.

486

Surdna

2007

Marine Conservation Biology Institute

$450,000

General support to grow
and expand the capacity of a leading science and advocacy organization to
become a more effective catalyst for change in oceans particularly in
domestic fishing issues and place based ecosystem conservation.

487

Surdna

2007

Marine Fish Conservation Network

$75,000

To defend the
conservation provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act and promote the recommendations of the Pew Oceans Commission
and US Commission on Ocean Policy.

488

Surdna

2008

Marine Fish Conservation Network

$150,000

To ensure that
implementation of the conservation gains made through passage of the
reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Act in 2007 will strengthen U.S. fisheries management.

489

Surdna

2010

Marine Fish Conservation Network

$75,000

To press for
implementation of the conservation measures in the Magnuson-Stevens Act;
advocate for its ecosystem principles; seek more appropriations for fisheries
data collection/analysis; and frame the next MSA reauthorization.

490

Surdna

2007

National Environmental Trust

$150,000

For a campaign to defend
federal marine conservation policy provisions by generating greater public
awareness and involvement in fisheries issues.

To facilitate strategic
planning and coordination of multiple fishery conservation efforts which
employ diverse community-based advocacy and empowerment approaches, and to
fund several such efforts.

493

Surdna

2008

Pew Charitable Trusts

$200,000

To facilitate strategic
planning and coordination of multiple fishery conservation initiatives that
employ diverse community-based advocacy and empowerment approaches, and to
provide financial support for selected projects.

494

Total Surdna Grants

$2,990,000

495

496

Rockefeller Bro.

2007

Marine Fish Conservation Network

$125,000

Protecting Ecosystems and
Biodiversity (ended 2010)

497

Rockefeller Bro.

2006

American Littoral Society

$470,000

For the marine
conservation work of its projects: the Regional Marine Conservation Project
and the Marine Fish Conservation Network.

498

Rockefeller Bro.

2004

American Littoral Society

$225,000

For two projects related
to fishery management reform: the Marine Fish Conservation Network, and the
Regional Marine Conservation Project.

499

Rockefeller Bro.

2004

David Suzuki Foundation

$20,000

For two projects: 1) a
campaign to support a continuing moratorium on offshore oil and gas
exploration, and 2) the use of advanced modeling techniques to predict the
impact of global warming on global fish stocks around North America.